Mt Patriarch – Kahurangi NP, 4-6 Feb 2012

Leader: Lawrie Halkett With a reasonably good long-range weather forecast, five high-spirited hikers set off early Saturday afternoon from the Wangapeka carpark, heading for Kiwi Saddle Hut. All were buoyed by the warm temperatures, the mostly blue sky...

Mt Richmond – Mt Fishtail Traverse & RESCUE!, 28-30 Jan 2012

Leader: Patrick Holland The party of 8 set out from Nelson at 7:30am, heading to the start of the standard trail to Mt Richmond at Jubilee flat, accessed via Top Valley Road. Mike and Lee kindly doubled back to leave a vehicle at the Fishtail exit in...

Toaroha-Whitcombe - West Coast Classic loop, 25--30 Jan 2012

Leader & Scribe: Mike Glover On the 25th January, six set off for Cedar Flats in heavy cloud, looking as if it could rain at any time. After four hours’ walking on the well-cut track, we arrived at the hut, where DOC workers were busy building an...

Arthurs Pass Trip A – Arthurs Pass NP, 1-6 Jan 2012

[ Bealey Spur – Avoca River – Wilberforce River – White Col – Barker Hut – Waimakiriri River ] Leader: Ruth Hesselyn. Obeisant Followers: Brian Renwick, Mike Drake, Carole Crocker, Pat Holland, Marijke Boers (scribe). Dear fellow & would-be-intrepid...

The other Arthurs Pass Trip, 1-5 Jan 2012

A new twist on an old classic: [ Edwards Hut – Otahake Hut – Tarn Col – Walker Pass – Hawdon Hut – East Hawdon Biv – Waimakariri ] Leader & Scribe: Ray Salisbury Navigator & Hut-Bagger: Dion Pont I was visiting the long-drop at Woolshed Creek Hut when...